Two people in hospital after fire in Draycott
Nine fire crews from Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire were called to the incident last night (20th January).
Last updated 21st Jan 2023
Two people are in hospital at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham after a fire at a commercial property in Wilne Road in Draycott.
Nine fire crews from Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire were called to the incident just after 9pm last night (Friday 20th January).
A joint police and fire investigation will take place later this morning.
Derbyshire fire crews attending the incident were from: Long Eaton, Nottingham Road, Ascot Drive, Kingsway, Chesterfield with the aerial ladder platform, Melbourne and Ripley. Highfields and Stapleford attended from Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire's Castle Donnington.
In a statement East Midlands Ambulance Service said:
"We were called at 9.05pm, January 20 2023 to Draycott in Derbyshire. The caller reported a fire in a building. We sent our Hazardous Area Response Team, four ambulances, two fast response cars and the Air Ambulance.
"Two patients were taken to the Queen’s Medical Centre, in Nottingham, by ambulance."